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Thanks for that info 8Fill! Do you think it is necessary for a child to be recite all of the combinations to make each sound? I am having a hard time thinking my kids would gain that level of recollection :)
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I just looked at the USPS website. It looks like there is a FRE International envelope that is 14.00. A 14oz pkg would otherwise cost 30.00 to ship. ETA that 2lb, 1oz would be 40.00 to ship.
My guess (from experience shipping fabric on an occasional basis) is that the vendors don't want to assume the items will fit into a FRE because it can be tricky to know exactly how much would fit. Therefore, the err on the high side.
It has got to be really frustrating to obtain materials with shipping prices so high!
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My workbook 2 is similarly confusing but definitely more helpful. It is 72 pages and there are no lesson numbers notated. I truly feel a bit silly for being unable to describe what I see here. The first half of the book does not seem to be anything like the lesson description. The second half of the workbook looks more like what the HTTS manual says a lesson would look like.
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I felt that AAS didn't sound like a good fit for us since my kids are spelling bigger words, the tiles look like something that would distract, and the price to quickly blow through several levels for 2 kids in one year.
I received HTTS and 2 HTS level 2 workbooks. I'm pretty overwhelmed by it! I'm not sure how I would implement memorizing that many sounds and somehow having my children magically name all the ways to say "long A" for instance.
I'm not sure what I'll do to be truthful! I still have sequential spelling here and might give that a "go" first. Oy!
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Thanks Chelli! It just arrived in today's mail! I bought through book depository so it took some time to ship.
I've looked through it and am a little perplexed, but I think having phonogram cards will definitely help. I look forward to reading it more carefully and then we'll probably wait until Fall since we are trying to do more "fun" learning this summer :D
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To those that use HTTS, do you think it would be a good idea to create your own phonogram cards? I'm still waitning for mine to arrive in the mail so that I can plan how to use it :)
ETA that I look forward to using it and sharing our experiences. I considered AAS many times but my children are reading at the 3-4th grade level and didn't want to start at level 1. I also didn't think any of us would get much from working with the letter tiles. Finally, the cost and time involved in blowing through the first few levels with easy words they already know how to spell seemed like a waste to me :)
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at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels I was thinking the same thing. We got the new writing program and it does a lot of continuation on grammar in that so now it appears to be pretty complete.
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Thanks - I have heard mixed reviews on whether Vocab even works. We aren't a very verbose family so I was feeling like we "should" do vocab ;) I have been working on vocab via sonlight but are finding some of the words that we are unfamiliar with are not found in the dictionary! Oy!
I forgot to add that I do have bible curriculum planned out a little differently than Sonlight. We're planning to do Leading Little Ones to God - 1 lesson per day, a bible story from a NIV bible story book. Once I get done with that I will start the new Telling God's Story - I think the activity pages look great.
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Thanks ladies!
This will be our first HS experience. A letter to myself will be good. Thanks for the suggestion.
Angela, thanks for the encouragement about WWW. I'm sure we can make it work and possibly we could squeeze 2 days into one or cram the fifth in on Fri, Sat, Sun if we want to complete it in the 36 weeks!
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yes fear has its grip on me! I've spent too much time planning and not enough time meditating and trusting in the Lord.
I'm also thinking that I just need to step back and try it out (waiting til August to implement the full schedule) and try to enjoy the summer with the kiddos...
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I know I'm overdoing it. I want my kids to love homeschooling and I'm also afraid I'm overwhelming myself!
Brian is 9 and going into 3rd grade (we waited a year sending him to school). He is strong in math and quite good in LA, loves thinking analytically. Ruby is 7 going into 2nd grade, she is a great reader, pretty good in math and loves to read.
Here is what I have for curriculum. I think I'm afraid I won't cover enough. When I step back, my big goal is for them to love learning.
Sonlight. I have Core B but ended up buying many of the books to Core C so that we can do 1 year of World History and move to US History next year. I plan to pick and choose from the curriculum and do what we can. I'd like to get through all of CHOW. I can already tell (from peoples of the world) that the Usborne cartoon World History book is very distracting to all of us so I purchased the Internet Linked Encyclopedia History of the World with real photos and less busy-ness. I figure if we read 2-3 chapters of CHOW per week and supplement with the Encyclopedia as well as the various read alouds - it should work OK.
Math - math mammoth. I bought the full Light Blue series. Originally I was going to do Teaching Textbooks but was worried about some of the reviews I found about it. They have been doing Spiral "new new math" in Public School. I hope it works. I was also considering adding in Miquon Math for extra practice. My ds loves math and my dd could use more help with reasoning.
Science - I originally bought Elemental Science. I'm afraid this is too much reading and not enough "meat". I found Mr. Q's Classic Live Science and printed the first half of the student and teacher manuals. I like that this has vocab (though am afraid it might be over dd's head) and that it is a broader look at science. I also wanted to cover some earth science this year but don't know how I would do that since Mr. Q's is 3 days a week for 36 weeks. We have Sonlight B science (I purchased from a friend), so perhaps I'll just throw in some odd topics from time to time to broaden the scope.
Reason for Handwriting Transition - I want to work on Manuscript with DD this year and then help my DS transition to Cursive.
LA:
- How to teach Spelling - I've been all over the board with this. I had Spelling Workout and sent it back. My dd is a natural speller but my ds is the type who studies all week on his spelling lists, does pretty good on the test and then forgets the proper spelling. I thought AAS seems expensive & busy so thought we'd try learning the rules with HTTS.
- Vocab - my children could use work in vocab. I thought we'd give Wordly Wise (L2 and L3) a try.
- Growing with Grammar - this doesn't seem like it has as much repetition as what they had in public school last year FWIW.
- Winning with Writing - I like the looks of this. I think it will help beef up what might be lacking in GWG. I'm afraid it is too rigorous! It has a schedule of 5 days a week, 36 weeks per year. I was hoping to have a year round schedule and 4 days per week - taking off weeks when we wish. I don't want to make them do LA this summer :) Would writing strands be a bit more gentle?
So - any suggestions? This is terribly wordy so I appreciate anyone who got to the end of my essay.
- How to teach Spelling - I've been all over the board with this. I had Spelling Workout and sent it back. My dd is a natural speller but my ds is the type who studies all week on his spelling lists, does pretty good on the test and then forgets the proper spelling. I thought AAS seems expensive & busy so thought we'd try learning the rules with HTTS.
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I wish it were 40.00 for mult, div, add, subt! My son loved it but then he "beat" it and stopped playing. This will add a new dimension :)
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At the B level that would work but you'd need supply kits and the DVD in addition
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I actually found a copy at the St. Vinnies in Madison WI! I bought it but am wondering if the info is going to be of any use since the most recent copyright is 1951.
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I don't know but thought I would bump for you!
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Sagira, what didn't you like about the easy spanish? Did you know they have a 2nd level now?
I was debating between The Easy Spanish and https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/index.php?option=com_hsbc_epp_order&Itemid=1567&c=1 for my kids who will be 2nd and 3rd next year. They've been in public school where they were being educated by social studies via Spanish.
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I just purchased level 2 and 3. I didn't care for the fact that after level 2, you have to buy more books. But the truth is, when you get more books, you also get more challenging curriculum! More opportunity to learn! Level 2 has the teaching material in each workbook lesson but there is less material covered (which is fine, but at least you can be assured you're getting what you pay for at 3 & 4)
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http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghbgrd3.html
This free printable workbook is for 3rd grade. They also have k-6
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I am planning on using Math Mammoth for math this year. Would Miquon make a good supplement? Is a teacher's manual necesary if we already have the instruction in Math Mammoth?
Thanks!
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LOVE RR! The "worst" part of ordering is the waiting. ;) You do not need to be home, the postman will leave it on your doorstep. My experience has been that RR sends me an email notifying me that my shipment is on its way and USUALLY it comes on that day. Not EVERY time, but most of the time (just didn't want to set the expectation TOO high!). :001_smile:
Have fun and enjoy!
ditto!
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I just got this from the library and love it!
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Thanks for the bump! I hope to get mine some time next week but was curious how best to plan the lessons :)
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I got levels 2 and 3 today. They look good! I can't compare them to anything else as this will be our first time HS'ing and I haven't seen other writing curriculum. Looks like they will be pretty busy with a 5day/week schedule!
A Reason For Handwriting - TM?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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it has a few cutesey tips but I don't think it is very helpful :)